Should Jonathan Little Push on the River with a Flush on a Paired Board?

Jonathan LittleToday I want to share a hand I recently played in a tournament at the Borgata, one presenting a tricky river decision.

The blinds were 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante, and I began the hand with 320,000. A tight-aggressive younger player sitting on my right who had about 500,000 to begin opened by raising to 35,000, and I looked down at in the hijack seat.

I elected to play it cautiously and called, and a loose-aggressive player with about 500,000 also called on the button. That meant there were three of us still in when the flop came .

The original TAG raiser checked, and I decided to bet 45,000 or about a third of the pot. Only the LAG player on the button called, then the turn…